Corona Devotionals

Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, 'guess I'll go eat some worms.... If this (disgusting) declaration brings a children's song to mind, then you and I are now singing the same one.   And if the song is new to you, I have a feeling that the sentiments are not.  We all have worm-eating days and seasons when (it seems as if) nobody likes us and everybody hates us. And believe it or not, David has a Psalm for that: 142. ~~~ The writings of King David are so very profound.  And so very simple.   How could he (David): a shepherd, a king, a Jewish man and a warrior feel (and so aptly express) the exact emotions that we feel ?   How could someone with whom we have (seemingly)  so little in common  capture our (sometimes) cries to the Lord, and plagiarize our (periodic) exact pleas to the Lord? When we are low, and alone... this  is how it feels...and how it goes, but how did David  know that?  And how did God  know that? I...

We love  the Lord.  And He calls us to love others...and we want to.   As a son or daughter of God, He imparts His Holy Spirit into us and we want to help, to serve, to lead, and to love in His Name.  God whispers efforts, initiatives, people...and we go .  And we do .  And these become our good deeds  in His Name.   And...we are (Biblically) supposed to be led, and to do these things.  Simply put, and Biblically put--- f aith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.   What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? ( 15)  If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, ( 16)  and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? ( 17)  Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead .  ~James 2:14:-17  ...

No pain, no gain. No guts, no glory.   Put in the work today, and get results tomorrow. Are we talking about hitting the gym?  Lifting weights?  Running sprints or marathon miles?   No--(although) these phrases can apply to our physical disciplines, please be encouraged by the Bible that these (type) of committed phrases can also absolutely apply to our daily spiritual  disciplines to God. God is talking about His sons and daughters  enduring persecution patiently today. God is talking about us  obeying his commands today. God is talking about you and me  maintaining our faith in Jesus  today. This means that God’s holy people must endure persecution patiently, obeying his commands and maintaining their faith in Jesus.   ~Revelation 14:12 He (God) doesn't make it sound easy, and if we are living (outloud) for the Lord, then we know that it is not easy.    We will   endure persecution if we adhere to what ...

Happy Birthday, America. So many things make me proud to live in the Nation that I do, but none more than the reason (Reason!) that our Nation was founded, established and forged: One Nation Under God . Our founders came here from across the pond with very little, and they arrived with even less...and even fewer.   But they had a desire to live free and to worship God freely , and they were determined to not just survive...but to thrive.  The freedoms that we enjoy today  are a direct result of the freedoms that they sought to establish yesterday.   We celebrate July 4th every year in the U.S.A., but much ado has been made about this  year because 2026 marks the 250th birthday of the United States of America officially being unified by the document that holds us together as a Nation, and also sets us apart from any other nation: the Declaration of Independence. Intellect, debates, review, revisions, time, and prayer  went into our Declaration...